To:K. I. LANDER

Published:First published in 1942 inLenin Miscellany XXXIV.

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23. I. 1919

ComradeLander,

Idraw your attention to the decision adopted today in
the C.P.C.: you are directed to checkbefore Saturday(by
the Saturday sitting of the C.P.C.) fulfilment byProdfaztop[1](or other bodies of the Food Commissariat) of the
decree of the C.P.C. dated January 18, 1919;

—toascertain the reasons for procrastination;

—todiscover the people who are to
blame.[2]

Appointanintelligent Communistinspector, be sure to
add to him aworker, andmake haste, so that they begin
workFriday morning(if no worker is available,start
without himand let him join in later).

Iconsider the matter important; they should supply
informationthe same day. It is necessary to check the business
correspondence of Prodfaztop, the office routine in regard to
telegrams (whether they are in order, whether they are easy
to find, whether the time of reply is checked, and so on).

Pleasedo this as quickly and as strictly as possible.

[1]Adepartment of the People’s Commissariat for Food in charge
of food supplies for workers of factories, mills and fuel
organisations.—Ed.

[2]OnJanuary 18, 1919, the Council of People’s Commissars adopted
a decision on the fuel and food situation at state engineering
works. This decision instructed the Commissariat for Food to
furnish exact information on “how many trucks, and when and from
what localities, had been ordered for state engineering works and
textile mills” (Lenin Miscellany XXXIV, p. 94).